Abstract
This study investigates the relations between components of accounting earnings and stock returns1 by testing two hypotheses. The first is whether six commonly reported components of earnings provide additional information that is not contained in the earnings figure. The second is whether the additional information is associated with the timeseries properties of the components. In addition, other results regarding the components' relations with returns and the components' time-series properties are discussed. The six components analyzed in this study-gross profits, general and administrative expense, depreciation expense, interest expense, income taxes, and other items-are routinely reported in financial disclosures to
Keywords
EarningsDepreciation (economics)Earnings before interesttaxesdepreciationand amortizationStock (firearms)EconometricsEconomicsEarnings response coefficientEarnings per shareAccountingNet incomeBusinessMicroeconomics
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- 1986
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- Volume
- 24
- Pages
- 37-37
- Citations
- 548
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Robert C. Lipe
(1986).
The Information Contained in the Components of Earnings.
Journal of Accounting Research
, 24
, 37-37.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2490728
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- 10.2307/2490728